October 2013 - Page 3 of 3 - Florida Bulldog

By Marian Wang, ProPublica

Florida State University’s Westcott Building

The chancellor of Oregon’s higher-education system currently oversees all seven of the state’s public colleges and universities. But as of July next year, she’ll be chancellor of four.

The schools aren’t closing. Rather, Oregon’s three largest state schools are in the process of breaking away from the rest of the public system.

Lagging in South Florida, Broward County has no on-demand video of public meetings

October 7, 2013 6:08 am

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By William Hladky
BrowardBulldog.org
Unlike most local governments, the Broward County Commission limits the amount of sunlight that shines on its meetings. Broward is the only county in Southeast Florida, and the only major government in Broward County, that does not archive its recorded commission meetings for

Florida prison officials didn’t ask, companies didn’t tell about hundreds of malpractice cases

October 2, 2013 6:09 am

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By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
The Florida Department of Corrections awarded a five-year, $1.2 billion contract to provide medical care for thousands of state prisoners in north and central Florida to Corizon, a Tennessee company that was sued 660 times for malpractice in the last five years.

Security clearance lapses stemmed from Washington’s emphasis on speed over quality

October 1, 2013 12:34 pm

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By Rebecca LaFlure, Center for Public Integrity

Headquarters for U.S. Investigations Services Inc., or USIS, in Falls Church, Virginia. Photo: Sarah Whitmire/Center for Public Integrity

Efforts by the government to fix a notable problem sometimes create a new mess that turns out to be as insidious and troublesome as the first, or even worse.

This is what happened when Washington attempted to improve the way its security agencies vetted hundreds of thousands of workers needed suddenly after the 9/11 attacks to pursue counterterror tasks and oversee heightened secrecy requirements.

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Breaking away: Top public universities push for ‘autonomy’ from states

Lagging in South Florida, Broward County has no on-demand video of public meetings

Florida prison officials didn’t ask, companies didn’t tell about hundreds of malpractice cases

Security clearance lapses stemmed from Washington’s emphasis on speed over quality

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